sixth sense
noun
: a power of perception like but not one of the five senses : a keen intuitive power
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She claimed to have a sixth sense for knowing when someone was about to call her.
a filmmaker with a sixth sense for knowing which stories the general public will find irresistible
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Prediction markets are tapping into this sixth sense of humans, giving each of us a role in shaping the story of our world.
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Mahesh Vinayagam, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But my sixth sense, my gut from traveling this country, Pennsylvania twice over the course of just the last week and last few days, suggests to me that there is something real going on here.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
Does that give you a sixth sense on how to talk with performers?
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
By record’s end, Garcia emerges in full command of this mercurial spirit world—a high priestess with a synth and a killer sixth sense.
—Suzy Exposito, SPIN, 6 June 2024
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Mahesh Vinayagam, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
But my sixth sense, my gut from traveling this country, Pennsylvania twice over the course of just the last week and last few days, suggests to me that there is something real going on here.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Nov. 2024
Does that give you a sixth sense on how to talk with performers?
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
By record’s end, Garcia emerges in full command of this mercurial spirit world—a high priestess with a synth and a killer sixth sense.
—Suzy Exposito, SPIN, 6 June 2024
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“Sixth sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixth%20sense. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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